Sentences with phrase «improving model performance»

Well, most of the work is like that — highly technical, not «political» in any straightforward way, and aimed at improving model performance mostly through incremental change.

Other habitat variables (e.g. mild fire scars, riparian habitats) did not improve model performance.

As climate modelers prepare to gather in College Park, Maryland, during the first week of April 2018 for the annual US Climate Modeling Summit, one topic that is likely to dominate discussions is whether we need to rethink our approach to improve model performance and accuracy.

Some are aimed at «discovery» of some real world aspect of things, while others are more methodological, seeking to improve model performance.

The increasing complexity did not significantly improve the model performance.

US CLIVAR is engaging the polar and cryosphere science community to jointly develop strategies to better understand and improve model performance in simulating climate in the polar regions and its global impacts.

Not exact matches

Glass Lewis has leveraged DirectorInsight's powerful software and pay - for - performance model to generate the improved «Remuneration Details» feature now available in Proxy Paper reports.

Does Adding Momentum and Volatility Improve Performance», Mohammed Elgammal, Fatma Ahmed, David McMillan and Ali Al - Amari examine whether adding momentum and low - volatility factors enhances the Fama - French 5 - factor (market, size, book - to - market, profitability, investment) model of stock returns.

Engineers at Queen's University model the injection stretch blow molding process for PET bottles to improve bottle production and performance — and to cut costs.

Improve credibility of the SWP model with regulators and policymakers, retailers, and consumers by tying measurable performance outcomes to practices;

This may require a new model that breaks down the investment and costs attached to the construction phase of the project, the interior fittings phase, the long term maintenance work, and the on - going upgrade work that improves performance beyond the original core standard.

Prior evidence in animal models demonstrated that exenatide improved motor performance.

When two or three crimes were already in the series, the model's performance improved to 86 % to 91 %.

«While there is no perfect performance funding model, our study can help inform policy discussions about the ways in which Texas» model for community colleges could be improved,» McKinney said.

Aerosol delivery of curcumin reduced abeta deposition and improved cognitive performance in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

PNNL will tap into its extensive experience in fundamental and applied sciences, including advanced materials synthesis, characterization and modeling, as well as electrical grid infrastructure, grid storage and management, to help improve the performance, reliability and life - span of batteries.

CESM1, the state - of - the - art climate model used in this study, has improved performance in the last few decades.

Importantly, cognitive performance in AD mouse models was improved when interneuron - dependent oscillatory brain activity was enhanced by restoration of Nav1.1 levels in endogenous inhibitory interneurons.

Tail use improves soft substrate performance in models of early vertebrate land locomotors.

LONDON (July 16, 2017)-- Researchers have found cell receptors abnormally overexpressed in post-mortem brains of those with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, and that they can be inhibited in animal models to clear toxic protein buildup, reduce brain inflammation, and improve cognitive performance.

While many of treatments were able to shift biomarkers in human subjects as they did animal models, they did not improve or stabilize the cognitive performance and functional status of the patients.

Additionally, in animal models of AD exercise improves performance on memory tasks and reduces AD - like pathology (Stranahan et al., 2012; Intlekofer and Cotman, 2013).

Transplantations of various stem cells or their progeny have repeatedly improved cardiac performance in animal models of myocardial injury; however, the benefits observed in clinical trials have been generally less consistent.

Whey protein is popular among athletes, bodybuilders, fitness models, as well as people looking to improve their performance in the gym.

I believe this new model more accurately explains how muscles work and, as a result, provides some improved training methods for maximum performance.

-- Namco Bandai understands that fans want more Tales game in English — Time and money get in the way — Namco Bandai has taken steps to alleviate the issues above, and hopefully we can now look forward to seeing more Tales games worldwide — It's been difficult to fit the game on the 3DS card due to size restrictions — Voice data in particular was challenging to put on the card and feels they solved the problem while keeping the quality high — «Every part of the game, with the exception of the animated cut - scenes, has been redone in 3D» — Yoshizumi believes this makes the game seem more real / immersive than before — Character models rebuilt to improve performance — Rest of the game has been ported over seamlessly — Some changes made to «in - game parameters» to compensate for control differences — No other additions, no new weapons / artes — No communication features (StreetPass, SpotPass)-- Namco Bandai have talked about a sequel, but haven't yet come up with something that would be good enough for a full game — Yoshizumi says he appreciates the comments he receives on Twitter from worldwide fans, and he hopes that more Tales games can make it over in the future — Load times have been improved on significantly — Steadier frame rate (may have been referring to the world map specifically)-- Skits will remain unvoiced

Our experts custom - tune every smartphone model featuring Dolby Audio or Dolby Atmos to get the most out of the device speakers and dramatically improve clarity and performance.

Growth models allow schools to receive credit for improving the performance of individual students, even if those students fall short of the target set for them.

The report questioned the academy model as a viable option for improving the prospects of disadvantaged pupils, claiming that evidence does not yet support the Department for Education's claims that sponsored academies are transforming the performance of the most disadvantaged pupils and turning around the worst performing schools.

As public budgets shrink, and technology enables increasingly individualized instruction, schools are justifiably looking toward online models for ways to improve student performance.

In his eight years as Minnesota's governor, Tim Pawlenty's «push against the teachers union grew stronger,» Sherry writes, and he called for tying teacher pay to performance, bringing up the state's standards, and urging state lawmakers to authorize the use of a transparent growth model to see how well schools are really doing to improve student achievement.

On the basis of these survey results, we created three measures: (1) the principal's overall assessment of the teacher's effectiveness, which is a single item from the survey; (2) the teacher's ability to improve student academic performance, which is a simple average of the organization, classroom management, reading achievement, and math achievement survey items; and (3) the teacher's ability to increase student satisfaction, which is a simple average of the role model and student satisfaction survey items.

«Texas is frequently heralded as a successful model for the nation of how tests can improve the academic performance of students, particularly poor and minority students,» says Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project.

Only by ensuring that the assessment system models such (genuine) performance will student achievement and teaching be improved over time.

It is deliberately designed to model authentic work and to improve performance.

Modeling good work is a key component of feedback — and improving student or player performance.»

By rejecting persistent nutrition myths and starting the day with a healthy meal, teachers can improve their own performance while modeling brain - friendly habits for their students.

Only by ensuring that the assessment system models genuine performance; in other words, will student achievement and teaching be improved over time?

70:20:10 is a great reference model, but finding success with it involves far more than just blending eLearning with classroom learning, or improving how you rate performance against training.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

As public budgets shrink, and as technology expands to allow for remarkably individualized instruction, schools are justifiably looking toward online models for ways to improve student performance.

• School Improvement - offers research for each element in the SPP • Expanding Excellence - highlights successful efforts of Pennsylvania schools in improving performance • Simulations - provides an interactive tool schools can use to enter values for SPP perfomance measures; the simulation model automatically calculates the resulting SPP final score

The solution enables students to understand and interpret two - dimensional drawings to create three - dimensional models; build, test troubleshoot and revise designs to improve robot performance; Gain practical, hands - on experience using mathematical concepts such as estimating and measuring distance, time and speed.

She co-authored a range of publications on the topic, including school models and many practical tools for teachers, principals and districts; An Opportunity Culture for All; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top; A Better Blend; Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction; Teacher Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; and Improving Teaching Through Pay for Contribution for the National Governor's Association; and many others.

Accordingly, and also per the research, this is not getting much better in that, as per the authors of this article as well as many other scholars, (1) «the variance in value - added scores that can be attributed to teacher performance rarely exceeds 10 percent; (2) in many ways «gross» measurement errors that in many ways come, first, from the tests being used to calculate value - added; (3) the restricted ranges in teacher effectiveness scores also given these test scores and their limited stretch, and depth, and instructional insensitivity — this was also at the heart of a recent post whereas in what demonstrated that «the entire range from the 15th percentile of effectiveness to the 85th percentile of [teacher] effectiveness [using the EVAAS] cover [ed] approximately 3.5 raw score points [given the tests used to measure value - added];» (4) context or student, family, school, and community background effects that simply can not be controlled for, or factored out; (5) especially at the classroom / teacher level when students are not randomly assigned to classrooms (and teachers assigned to teach those classrooms)... although this will likely never happen for the sake of improving the sophistication and rigor of the value - added model over students» «best interests.»

Subsequently, many other models and programs designed to improve student performance were highly touted and marketed.

Additionally, we have been trained in a highly effective coaching model that has been tested in the field for over a decade with numerous examples of significantly improving leaders» performance and student achievement.

The research of professors Saul Rubinstein and John McCarthy supports CEC's collaboration model, showing that formal union - management partnerships are directly and indirectly associated with improved student performance and teacher retention.

The use of student assessment and performance data is vital to the CSUSA Educational Model, a continuous improvement process, which is not only used to improve student learning and achievement, but also used to evaluate and inform instruction.

Medley added that the school planned several changes for the second year to improve student performance, including shifting the schedule for high school students, hiring an additional math teacher at the middle and high school level and implementing a «data - driven instructional model.»